BC Climate: Summaries and long term trends
1 September-2023 climate summary
- September-2023 was warmer than normal for most of BC except Vancouver Island and South coastal region.
- September-2023 was relatively drier than normal with most of BC exhibiting below normal precipitation, relative humidity and soil moisture.
- The average of previous 12 months climate parameters indicate that BC experienced drier and warmer climate then normal between August 2022 and September 2023.
- The mean September temperature in BC is increasing significantly since 1950 at the rate of 0.02°C per year.
- The long-term trends indicate that BC experienced an increase in total precipitation and relative humidity but decrease in soil moisture content likely due to increased temperature and VPD.
Below you find the spatial anomalies and long term trend of air temperature, vapor pressure deficit (VPD), total monthly precipitation, relative humidity (RH), and volumetric soil moisture (0 - 1m depth) for the month of September-2023.